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Where does “econometrics” come from?

Econometrics comes from French économétrie, a 20th-century blend of économie and -métrie denoting the statistical measurement of economic phenomena.

econometrics (English): The branch of economics that applies statistical...

Definitions

  1. The branch of economics that applies statistical...

Ancestry of “econometrics”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchéconométrieeconometrics
2French-ieindicates a feminine noun, often an abstract one
3Middle French-ieindicates a feminine noun, often an abstract one
4Old French-ieindicates a feminine noun, often an abstract one
5Latin-iaUsed to form a feminine abstract noun, usually...
6Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
7Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
8Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
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